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release, as required by section 3.03.2(1). The Division received no written comments, objections, or <br />requests for an informal conference regarding the bond release application. <br />Items Approved for Permanent Retention <br />Roads approved as permanent features for the Seneca II Mine were approved under Technical <br />Revision No. 37 (TR -37) on May 2, 2005. Roads include road(s) E1, C, F, South Road, and the <br />South Road spur to Pond 008. The roads were deemed necessary to support the post mining land use. <br />Sediment Pond 008 was approved as a permanent impoundment under TR -37. All documentation <br />supporting the designation of Pond 008 as a permanent impoundment can be found in the Seneca II <br />permit document, C -1980 -005, in Appendix 7 -6e. As part of the demonstration, established <br />drainages SIIPM -8, SIIPM -13 and SIIPM -13A and V- ditches Nos. 1 through 5 were approved as <br />permanent drainages. <br />Bond Release Inspection <br />The Division scheduled and conducted a bond release inspection on August 13, 2014. The site <br />inspection was conducted in accordance with Section 3.03.2(2). Jason Musick represented the <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety. The operator was represented by Scott <br />Cowman of Peabody Energy, Vern Pfannenstiel of Peabody Energy, and Roy Karo of Seneca Coal <br />Company. The landowner was represented by Philip Courtney and Jerod Smith of the Colorado State <br />Land Board. Based on this inspection, it was determined that all disturbances associated with the SL- <br />06 application were adequately reclaimed with the exception of two groundwater monitoring wells. <br />A follow -up inspection was conducted on October 15, 2014 to observe completed abandonment work on <br />areas associated with the groundwater wells. Well abandonment reports for the two wells were received <br />by the Division on October 7, 2014. All sites requiring reclamation and abandonment, as noted by the <br />Division, were adequately addressed with no further problems noted. Jason Musick represented the <br />Division and Scott Cowman represented the operator during the follow -up inspection. <br />II. CRITERIA AND SCHEDULE FOR BOND RELEASE <br />Phase I <br />Rule 3.03.1(2)(a) states, "Up to sixty percent of the applicable bond amount shall be released when the <br />permittee successfully completes backfilling, regrading, and drainage control in accordance with the <br />approved reclamation plan." With regard to Phase I bond release, SCC applied for a partial phase I bond <br />release of 1,795.4 acres of interim and permanent program lands within the current Peabody Sage Creek <br />Mine and the current Seneca II Mine permit areas with SL -01. SL -01 was approved on December 27, <br />2006. SL -04 applied for a partial phase I bond release of 135.3 acres of permanent program lands within <br />the current Peabody Sage Creek Mine (8.0 acres) and the current Seneca 11 Mine permit (127.3 acres). <br />SL -04 was approved on May 11, 2010. <br />